Definition: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954  

It should be noted that, although segregation under the law (called de jure segregation) was voted down, many communities still voluntarily segregate themselves today. This residential type of segregation is called de facto segregation.

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